No changes were made on the bracket or bout sheets. Scratch was discovered when 3 n 2 seed match # came up. 3 seed checked in and was given his leg band. #2 seed never showed. 4 seed wrestled 3 times and finished third. 3 seed wrestled once and finished second!!!! This was potentially costly to the 4 seed as he was denied the chance to finish second and thus receive a bye at districts. North only had two wrestlers at this weight
See that is the problem with this rule as currently written. According to the rule and it's current interpretation the bouts should have been re-bracketed to a round-robin REGARDLESS of when the drop to four wrestlers was discovered, period. That is why the rule should read 'when bracketed' or 'when seeding takes place' etc. As I see it, the bracket was still wrestled incorrectly per our Constitution and By-laws. I still question if the wrestler who scratched, weighed-in in the first place.
